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Old 07-14-2003, 01:44 PM   #5 (permalink)
cheerios
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Location: 'bout 2 feet from my iMac
isn't that fun? so, here' the deal. Oranges don't wanna be eaten by bugs. so they've got stuff in their peels to keep em away. kinda a natural pesticide. it's an oil, and it's flammable, so when you squeeze a peel in half real fast next to a flame (a candle works fine, btw ), you see the oil burn.

http://www.floridachemical.com/whatisd-limonene.htm
that's the stuff.
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